Opinion

Known for his nightmarish visions of an American mythology, the director inspired a generation of filmmakers with his dreamlike, eccentric and painterly style 

Frieze contributing writer Jonathan Griffin reflects on the devastation and resilience of a city transformed

The city’s cultural scene has long branded itself as radical but, for too long, politics has been confined to exhibition walls

Halina Reijn’s latest film about a middle-aged woman’s foray into the world of BDSM, starring Nicole Kidman, feels woefully outdated

Other highlights include BBC’s ‘The Traitors’ and a concert by artist band ExOrg at London’s Café OTO

For years, the mesmeric painter and performer defied categorization before becoming known for his ethereal canvases

The artist looks back on her years of activism and defiance against oppressive regimes

On her centenary, writers and artists consider the painter’s pioneering abstract expressionism and lasting artistic legacy

An urgent new book presents a housing vision centred on collectivity and communal living

In Sanja Grozdanić and Bassem Saad’s performance, memorializing violence becomes a defiant act

Through film, installation and sculpture, the artist’s unsettling work reveals the horror within the medical-industrial complex

In a new video work, the legendary artist summons a whole slew of inhumanity among deranged, machine-imagined scenes

A personal reflection on the artist’s feminist photomontages and their enduring impact ahead of a retrospective at the Hayward Gallery

Is the mega-exhibition a form fundamentally unable to bear the weight of its own contradictions?

We highlight the artists – each with major presentations this year – poised to shape the art scene this year 

From Dubai to Berlin, these are the ambitious spaces from across the world that we are keeping our eyes on

From the ‘Monuments’ exhibition in Los Angeles to the inaugural Bukhara Biennial in Uzbekistan, our editors discuss what they’re most excited for in the year ahead

We look ahead to what five rising stars of the art world have planned this year

A writer reflects on her hometown, exploring its economic and architectural changes through art and film

From an unfinished Danish magnum opus to the latest title by Annie Ernaux, frieze editors list the books they loved most this year